Political parties set to testify about data use, collection efforts at House Affairs Committee

Meanwhile, Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault told MPs last week that he’s already out of time to implement some changes in Bill C-76 in time for the October 2019 federal election.

Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics Committee chair Bob Zimmer checks his watch ahead of the committee's meeting on Sept. 27, during which committee members heard much-anticipated testimony from AggregateIQ chief executive officer Zack Massingham, via videolink, as part of its ongoing study into the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook data breach. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Representatives from Canada’s top federal political parties are set to testify before the House Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics Committee about how they use and collect data, as part of an ongoing study into the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook data breach and the privacy concerns it’s raised.

Unless Trudeau plans to be out on these streets, fighting against police brutality or in cabinet drafting legislation to curb police powers, his, and all the other white voices of his ilk, have no merit here.

'I do agree that things need to be implemented as quickly as possible. We could've done this a lot sooner. The good news is that we’re doing it now and announcing it today,' says Transport Minister Marc Garneau.